Floor Statement in Favor of H.R. 2 - The Health Care Law Repeal

Mr. (Madame) Speaker, I rise today in support of House Bill 2. 

This simple two-page bill seeks to repeal the new unconstitutional health care law that will create a massive new entitlement program, cost taxpayers more than $2 trillion per decade, increase taxes and impose job-destroying mandates on businesses, cut Medicare by more than $500 billion, and further increase health care premiums for individuals by more than 10%.

The goal is not only to repeal the new health care law, but also to replace it with real reforms that are truly about reducing health care costs.  Reforms such as:

• allowing small businesses and individuals to join together in national group plans to reduce  premium costs;

• allowing individuals to purchase health insurance across state lines thereby increasing competition for their business; and,

• enacting medical malpractice liability reform  legislation.

I will continue to push for common-sense reforms focused on reducing health care costs for all Americans and urge my colleagues to support H.R. 2. 

Thank you, Mr. (Madame) Speaker.  I yield back the balance of my time.